Jeanne Buch

Jeanne Marie Buch passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. She was born in Wellsville NY on January 25, 1923 and lived in Abilene over eighty years. Jeanne was preceded in death by her parents Erwin and Hilda Buch, and by her siblings Erwin "Tex" Buch and wife Dora and son Roger, George Quentin "Bud" Buch and wife Patty, and Patricia Buch Bowe and husband Donovan. Jeanne is survived by nephew Kenneth Michael "Bo" Bowe and wife Peggy of Eugene OR, Jeanne "Shelly" Bowe and husband Richard Jones and children Coral Genzoli and Laurel Genzoli of Tillamook OR, and Melanie Bowe Tatom and husband Neil Tatom and children Loren, Seth, and Melanie of Abilene TX. Jeanne was a graduate of Abilene High School Class of 1940 and of Texas Women's University. Jeanne served in the U.S. Army for ten years, attaining the rank of Captain. She served as a chemist in the U.S. Army, in the potash mines of Carlsbad N.M., and at the time of her retirement, as a Quality Control officer at Hendrick Medical Center laboratory. At the time of her death, she was a fifty-five year member of the American Chemical Society. Jeanne was a loving daughter who cared for her parents into advanced years, was a loving sister and sister-in-law, was a staunch friend, was a wonderful aunt to nieces and nephews, and was a loving keeper to her four legged family. She was a quiet philanthropist and a champion of the vulnerable: animals, children, the poor, the persecuted and the disenfranchised. Jeanne was an amateur gemologist, pilot, birder, botanist, and poet. She loved math, fractals, ancient history, mythology, anthropology, religious history, comparative doctrine study, poetry, literature, opera, her computer, study of investment opportunity, nicotine, and Soduku. As a girl Jeanne was confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. Jeanne recently found her church home in the loving community of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. The family thanks Jackie Roberson, Max Lambert, Mike Burden, Dr. Laura Barber, and Dr. Jim Wilson and staff for their love and friendship to Jeanne through the years. The family thanks Reverend Douglas Dirks of Grace Lutheran Church, the Elders and Minster Phil Ware of Southern Hills Church of Christ, and the staff of Hendrick Medical Center for their loving presence at the time of Jeanne's death. Jeanne was an intellectual powerhouse. She was quirky, opinionated, loving, resolute, and a most precious child of God. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, August 30, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1202 S. Pioneer Drive, with Rev. Douglas Dirks officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park with military honors. Viewing will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 12 noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. J. R. Foster, Max Lambert, Neil Tatom, Richard Sikes, Jim Watts and Jim Wilson DVM will serve as pallbearers.